Election
Constituency

411. Gorakhpur

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Uttar Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-GORAKHPUR

INC 33.9%won by 1.6%HMS 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 1.6%.

  • New challengerHMS (HMS) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 66.1% of the vote between them, up from 53.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 25.8% to 48.8%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
4,13,275
Turnout
48.8%
Valid votes
2,01,558
Margin
3,260
1.62%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SINHASAN SINGHIndian National Congress · INC68,25833.9%
  2. 2DIGVIJAI NATHHMS · HMS64,99832.2%
  3. 3LAXMI SHANKER KHAREJS · JS21,45110.6%
  4. 4KAMLA SAHAISOC · SOC19,3989.6%
  5. 5NAGESHWAR PRASAD SAHAIPraja Socialist Party · PSP9,0344.5%
  6. 6CHANDRA SHEKHAR MISHRAIndependent · IND7,2863.6%
  7. 7SADIQ ALISwatantra Party · SWA6,4003.2%
  8. 8RAMA KANT SHUKLAIndependent · IND4,7332.3%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–HMS swing
−25.6%
INC share
27.3% → 33.9%
HMS share
0.0% → 32.2%
Turnout
74.5% → 48.8%
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